Manager, Global Ford Racing Motorsport Communications

In this position...

• Ford Communications serves as an accelerant for the companys transformation working to advance Fords business success and future vision through innovative world-class communications that unlock new value. We seek to establish Ford as the worlds most trusted company through purpose-driven storytelling that drives advocacy; inspire a culture of optimism competitiveness and creative excellence among our Ford team and partners; build the Ford brand and create desire for our products and services; and demonstrate our drive to create value for our stakeholders through Ford.

What youll do...

• The Manager Global Ford Racing Motorsport Communications will be responsible for the storytelling and communications of Fords global communications for all of our racing activities including but not limited to
  • Fords return to F1 in 2026 with Oracle Red Bull Racing and VCARB
  • Fords Sports Car racing with Mustang including WEC IMSA Hypercar NASCAR Australian Supercars GT3 GT4 and Dark Horse R
  • Fords off-road racing programs including Dakar Baja 1000 and more
  • Ford Racing demonstrators programs such as SuperVan and SuperTruck
• The role will include working with and managing Fords Agency partner for Motorsports Campbell Communications as well as our Hypercar and F1 comms execs in the UK
• The role will report directly to Communications but will interface on a daily basis with the Ford Racing organization
• This role will collaborate and work hand in hand with the Ford Racing Motorsports global marketing managers engaging with motorsport as well as non-motorsport media mining for new stories to tell around our motorsport business priorities and monitoring the competitive landscape.
• The role will also include development of strategic plans for the future of Ford Racing Communications and working with agency partners to deliver on these plans.
• Understandthe media landscape automotive motorsports and consumer / lifestyle media with strong media relations
• Use data to inform decision making working with marketing agencies and CGI teams to assist us in making data-based decisions
• Collaborate with stakeholders from across the enterprise including Marketing PD Finance Purchasing and leadership
• Develop a deep understanding of social media including the role of influencers and content creators
• Continuous personal development of functional competencies and leadership agilities

Youll have...

• Bachelors Degree in relevant subject matter (Comms Marketing Business or equivalent education)
• 5-7 years of communications experience or equivalent experience
• Be available to work weekends and travel within the US and beyond as required by the role.

Even better you may have...

• Have a passion for motorsports and a desire to learn and develop in this area
• Have a focus on excellence in materials creation (words images and video)
• Have a focus on delivering to the strategy with a focus on storytelling that ladders up to our business priorities
• Have an ability to always focus on the bigger picture of how what we do ladders up to the motorsport and broader company objectives be results driven.
• Have a focus on all key stakeholders including internal (leadership employees dealers) and external (traditional media social media influencers etc.)
• Possess excellent abilities in key office tools such as PowerPoint Word and Excel
• Have a passion and desire to travel and be open to working weekends to attend races in the US and beyond

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe or keep you close to home Will your career be a deep dive into what you love or a series of new teams and new skills Will you be a leader a changemaker a technical expert a culture builderor all the above No matter what you choose we offer a work life that works for you including:

• Immediate medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days paid parental leave new parent ramp-up programs subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement fertility treatments and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays including the week between Christmas and New Years Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a leadership level 6.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: New Hire Benefits

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.

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